Chapter I: Front Matter

A BRIEF HISTORY
OF
THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.

“_Celer et Audax._”

“Louisberg,” “Quebec, 1759,” “Martinique, 1762, 1809,” “Havannah,”
“Roleia,” “Vimiera,” “Talavera,” “Busaco,” “Fuentes D’Onor,” “Albuhera,”
“Ciudad Rodrigo,” “Badajoz,” “Salamanca,” “Vittoria,” “Pyrenees,”
“Nivelle,” “Nive,” “Orthes,” “Toulouse,” “Peninsula,” “Punjaub,”
“Mooltan,” “Goojerat,” “Delhi,” “Taku Forts,” “Pekin,” “South Africa,
1851–2–3, 1879,” “Ahmad Khel,” “Kandahar, 1880,” “Afghanistan, 1878–80,”
“Egypt, 1882, 1884,” “Tel-el-Kebir,” “Chitral,” “South Africa,
1899–1902,” “Defence of Ladysmith,” “Relief of Ladysmith.”

Colonel-in-Chief:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

Colonels Commandant:

1st Battalion - Field Marshal Rt. Hon. F. W. Lord Grenfell, P.C,
G.C.B., G.C.M.G.

2nd Battalion - Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward T. H. Hutton, K.C.M.G., C.B.

3rd Battalion - Major-Gen. Sir Cromer Ashburnham, K.C.B.

4th Battalion - Major-Gen. Sir Wykeham Leigh-Pemberton, K.C.B.

Reprinted by permission from “THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS CHRONICLE” OF
1911, AND PUBLISHED 1912.

WINCHESTER:
PRINTED BY WARREN AND SON, LTD., 85, HIGH STREET.

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CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

PART I.—1755–1824.

Sections

1.—1755–1763.— Origin of the Regiment and its Services in
North America _page_ 2–8

2.—1764–1807.— West Indies and the American War _page_ 8–11

3.—1808–1824.— Peninsular War—60th The Royal American
Regiment become 60th The Duke of York’s
Own Rifle Corps _page_ 11–15

PART II.—1825–1870.

4.—1825–1856.— Sikh War—South Africa _page_ 16–18

5.—1857–1860.— Delhi—Rohilkund—Pekin _page_ 18–23

6.—1861–1870.— North America—Red River _page_ 23–25

PART III.—1871–1902.

7.—1871–1881.— India—Afghan War—South Africa—Zulu
War—First Boer War _page_ 26–34

8.—1882–1885.— Egypt, 1882, Tel-el-Kebir—Egypt, 1884, El
Teb, and Tamai—and 1884–85, Nile
Expedition—Mounted Infantry _page_ 34–38

9.—1886–1898.— India, Wreck of _Warren Hastings_ _page_ 38–40

10.—1899–1902.— South African War—Talana Hill—Defence of
Ladysmith—Relief of Ladysmith—Transvaal _page_ 40–50

PART IV.

A Retrospect.

MAPS.

_To face_

MAP— NO. I.—_North America._ Illustrating the area of
Military Operations referred to in Part I, sections 1
and 2; also Part II, section 6 _p._ 10

MAP— NO. II.—_Spain, Portugal, and South-Western France._
Illustrating the area of Operations referred to in
Part I, section 3 _p._ 16

MAP— NO. III.—_India._ Illustrating the area of Operations
referred to in Part II, sections 4 and 5; also Part
III, sections 7 and 9 _p._ 22

MAP— NO. IV.—_South Africa._ Illustrating the area of
Operations referred to in Part III, sections 7, 8, and
10 _p._ 52

A BRIEF HISTORY

OF

THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.